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Rochester Area Foundation offers local solutions to simplify your year-end giving dilemmas. Looking to receive maximum tax benefits for your charitable contributions? Consider combining several years’ worth of planned giving into a single tax year by opening a Donor Advised Fund at Rochester Area Foundation. You can...
Fall Grant Showcase Recognizes 18 Nonprofit Finalists
Rochester Area Foundation recently hosted our Fall Better Communities Grants Showcase. The Grants Showcase celebrates philanthropy in action by giving donors and community members a chance to connect with the nonprofits selected as grant finalists by the RAF Grants Distribution Committee. This fall, we received a record...
October Community Choice Grants – Voting is Open!
To celebrate 75 years of Rochester Area Foundation’s impact on our communities, we are giving special grants all year long! We’re highlighting a different aspect of “better communities” each month – and October’s theme is CREATIVE. The following nonprofits have been selected to receive a grant, and YOU get to vote on...
In the News: A Win for Affordable Housing
(ABC 6 News) -- Affordable housing is an ongoing issue in our community and communities across the country. “It’s very difficult to buy a house in this county if you make less than $75,000 a year because there just isn’t a lot of inventory,” said Steve Borchardt, director of the Coalition for Rochester Area Housing. To...
It’s Time to Vote for our September Community Choice Grants
To celebrate 75 years of Rochester Area Foundation’s impact on our communities, we are giving special grants all year long! We’re highlighting a different aspect of “better communities” each month – and September’s theme is LEARNING. The following nonprofits have been selected to receive a grant, and YOU get to vote on...
weGive365 Members Award 2019 Grants
weGive365 is a dollar-a-day collaborative giving program that lets members pool their money and make a positive impact on our community through grants to nonprofits. In July, members of Rochester Area Foundation’s weGive365 program voted to support the following grant projects: GATEway Rochester received $1,000 to...
Voting is open for the August Community Choice Grants!
To celebrate 75 years of Rochester Area Foundation’s impact on our communities, we are giving special grants all year long! We’re highlighting a different aspect of “better communities” each month – and August’s theme is COLLABORATIVE. The following nonprofits have been selected to receive a grant, and YOU get to vote on...
Affiliate News: Chosen Valley Community Foundation announces slate of 2019 grant recipients
Chosen Valley Community Foundation - an affiliate of Rochester Area Foundation - recently had a great write-up in the Bluff Country News about their 2019 Grants: Things not to be taken for granted, but made possible when granted: Home, connectivity, a good read and robots. “Overall, we awarded $3,822 in grants for...
Celebrating Community Collaboration at Zumbro Ridge Estates
Rochester Area Foundation was joined by representatives from Zumbro Ridge Estates, The Coalition for Rochester Area Housing, and numerous company representatives who collaborated to improve Zumbro Ridge Estates for a ribbon-cutting celebration. In 2017, residents of Zumbro Ridge Estates formed a nonprofit co-operative...
Mind Matters PostSecret Event
As part of an ongoing conversation around mental health in Olmsted County, the library and Friends of the Library are sponsoring an event with PostSecret founder Frank Warren. PostSecret Live features postcards from Warren’s PostSecret project, which range from heart-warming to heart-breaking. Secrets, sent anonymously to...
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